Consanguinity marriages in Brazil |
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| Authors: | N Freire-Maia |
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| Affiliation: | Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR. |
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| Abstract: | This short review deals with the following problems: 1. frequencies of consanguineous marriages in Brazil; 2. their effects on precocious mortality (from abortions up to and including infant-juvenile mortality) and abnormalities among the survivors; 3. genetic counseling for consanguineous marriages; 4. reduction of the prenatal and post-natal damage in consequence of the abolition of the consanguineous marriages in Brazil. |
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